London County Council
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723 - 1792, portrait painter, lived and died in a house on this site.
WC2, Leicester Square, 48
There are actually 2 plaques, with the same wording, on the building, one at first floor and one at ground floor level.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Joshua Reynolds plaque
Born in Plympton, Devonshire. Came to London in 1753. As a student of Italian...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Joshua Reynolds plaque
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Eisenhower's office was the corner room on the first floor (for our American friends - this is the floor above the ground floor). Discov...
Mary Prince, 1788 - 1833, abolitionist and author, lived in a house near this site in 1829. Nubian Jak Community Trust London Borough of...
Greater London Council Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, 1827 - 1900, anthropologist and archaeologist, lived here.
The plaque was unveiled by Brian Poole (of Brian Poole and the Tremeloes). Poole wrote "This is where Jim’s first shop was and on the day...
VD, JP. Son of James Bevington. A member of the Bermondsey leather manufacturing dynasty and a philanthropist. Colonel commanding 3rd Volunteer Battalion The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 18...
There is little evidence to support the existence of this camp. So, rather cheekily, we've categorised it as "Fictional".
